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Show 263 It was six or seven o'clock that the boat tied up four or five miles below the mouth of the San Rafael on the first day of its maiden trip. The first day's trip, therefore, consumed from nine to ten hours. The boat was propelled by twin screw- propellers. The draft of the boat was from twelve to fourteen inches. " Q. The draft of the boat was what? " A. It was about twelve or fourteen inches. " Q. Did you wish to be understood as saying, Mr. Lumnsden, that you observed any shifting of channels in the stream between your down trip and your up trip on the Green River? " A. Yes sir." * R. 681* " Q. You just, stated, as I understood you, by say of explanation of my question concerning this very point, that you went down a certain channel all right, then when you went to go back up that same channel, you had difficulty in getting up, or couldn't get up: isn't that true? " A. Yes. " Q. Was it the same channel, or the same place, both times? " A. Both times? I don't quite understand. " Q. When you came down it and went back up it. or tried to go back up it, it was the same place, was it? " A. It was the same channel we attempted to go back up, you. |